police will be in full force this weekend. the variety of activities going on. gas prices in the bay area jump overnight. how high they have climbed. two passengers robbed at gun point in oakland. how police tracked the suspects down overnight. the u.s. unemployment rate below 8%, for the first time in

almost four years. how the presidential candidates are reacting. mornings on 2 begins right now. good morning, welcome to mornings on 2, i'm dave clark. >> i'm torey campbell. it's friday, october 5th. talk about a busy weekend. more than a million people are expected to pack the streets of san francisco because there is a ton of events going on. tara moriarty begins the coverage in san francisco to let us know what the city is doing to make sure things go as smoothly as possible. >> reporter: we are at the america's cup official store. if you look here to your right, you can see one northbound lane there, will be shutdown this weekend between the ferry building and bay street to allow emergency vehicles access to the hub of all of the activities.

around 6:30 this morning, a military convey, led by police came through in preparation for fleet week. today is also the quarter finals for americas cup with races scheduled this weekend. estimated to draw 40,000 people to the bay. evmember of the police force will be out. leaders say it's a practice run for the big america's cup event next year, 3 million people are expected to attend. the blue angels will be flying over head, practicing today. catch a quick peek practicing this afternoon and shows saturday and sunday. it's part of fleet week. here is a look at the big events we talked about earlier , the giants taking on the reds in the national league playoffs and the hardly strictly blue grass festival in golden gate park. niners taking on the buffalo

bills sunday and italian heritage parade in north beach sunday. the fair and two mega cruise lines docking here in san francisco. that's expected to drop 7000 people off here. if you are planning on coming down in to the city, make sure you take public transportation because parking will be extremely limited. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. san francisco is not the only place with big events this weekend. stanford hosting the arizona wildcats tomorrow and the cow bears taking on ucla at new memorial stadium. sold out justin bieber concert at the oracle arena. madonna at the hp pavilion, florence and the machine at the shoreline tonight. we in the bay area could experience our version of carmageddon, people are urged to take mass transit. coming up, how local systems plan to handle the increase in

ridership. a live report on the records that could be broken this weekend. with a new jobless rate, it said the u.s. economy generated only 114,000 new jobs in september, however the unemployment rate went down. the jobless rate is 7-point 8%, it's down 3/10th from august, the lowest rate since january 2009. labor department revised upward the job creation numbers for july and august and a separate report shows 873,000 people found new jobs last month. we will bring you more on the jobless numbers when we get our report from the washington dc newsroom at 7:15. drive by shooting overnight in san jose injuries one man. it happened on roberts avenue around 11:00. authorities say the man was shot in the nose, and the hand. his injuries are not considered

life threatening. two bart passengers were robbed at gun point as they got a train in oakland. it happened at the colosseum part station parking lot. they were walking two cars when two gunmen demanded money. the suspects took off with their cell phones, bart officers used police dogs to attract the suspects to a warehouse area. one of the suspects may have been bit and was taken to the hospital, the robbery victims were not hurt. time is 70:00 5, new information about a san jose principal accused of not reporting allegations of sexual abuse by a teacher. the evergreen school district showing notes saying a second grade teacher saying a teacher blindfolded her and put something in her mouth. the principal should have reported that to the police and to child protective services. that teacher allegedly molested another student three months later and was arrested. this morning, learning the

identities of the two men killed in a double shooting in vellejo, authorities say douglas collie and michael schoolly were could after a dispute with a neighbor. the shooting suspect and the victims were good friends but often argued over politics. they say the accused shooter carried a gun in his sweat pants and had made threats in the past. >> martin has threatened to shoot them before, getting angry about politics. it happened after the presidential debate started. police have not confirmed whether an argument over politics led to the shooting. time 7:06, morgan hill woman accused of abandoning her 10-year-old daughter during a shoplifting attempt is in jail in santa clara county. she used the name marcy key lynn. she aban dodd her daughter

while trying to shoplift at a morgan hill safeway. her daughter is staying with her grandmother and child protect i have services is making arrangements to bring her son back to the bay area from nevada. have you checked out gas prices? expect sticker shock if you need to fill up today. >> reporter: good morning, torey. people we spoke this this morning are shaking heads back and forth in disbelief. the price here at the p 76 station at blossom hill is $4.63 a gallon. we checked out how much it cost at gas buddy.com, $5.39 a gallon. overnight, prices in san jose jumped $0.16 a gallon for

regular unleaded, according to aaa, fuel gauge report. the cost of gas in california increased dramatically this weeks but a problem unique to the state. california is dealing with suplay challenges. the fire at the chevron in richmond caused lower production and a fire in la recently. california's gasoline inventories are at the lowest levels in ten years. people we spoke to had they own opinions. >> they give us the wantings, we heard about it. who knows, i don't know, what is the reason for it? bottom line is my i'm not making more money but paying more in gas, continuesly. particularly in california. it's really bad. >> reporter: take a look at what is happening in san jose. a week ago regular unleaded costs $4.16 a gallon. yesterday $4.38 a gallon. today the average climbed up to

$4.54 a gallon. that means that the jump of $0.38 in just a week. the prices are high in the bay area, in la, the prices are even higher and several stations there it's gone over $5 a gallon and some station owners are shutting down the pumps because they don't want to charge customers the higher prices just to break even. if you are looking for the cheapest gas prices, find them, ktvu.com, click on business on the top banner and scroll down to consumer news. city officials at city college of san francisco had to answer pretty tough questions yesterday in sacramento about money problems. officials appeared before the board of governors yesterday. the chronicle reports the school board president admit they had were clueless when it comes to the school's finances. the college, trying to dig out of a financial hole has to make

drastic budget changes or risk losing accreditation, and possibly closing down. action plan has to be handed in by october 15th. you will not be able to take a boat out on bay area reservoirs this weekend, anderson reservoir and coyote have low water levels. santa clara parks and recreation is suspending boating at the reservoirs tomorrow to make up for it, they will increase the boating days. sal, what is happening? >> it's crowded there at the toll plaza. this could be a precursor of things to come. crowded conditions in the san francisco, a lot of people coming in to the city later on people will be coming in the city. the blue angels practice today, events start today and we have

been talking about it all week. we have reporters covering the events all weekend. make plans because of the busy day we will have this san francisco. 880 northbound and southbound, moderately busy. nice clear weather. 880 southbound, hayward, union city freemont, slow traffic there. slow traffic in san jose, today in san jose it's better than yesterday. not as bad on 101 or 280. let's go to steve. happy friday. beautiful sunrise if you don't have the low clouds. if you have the low clouds, there is gray. up above the higher clouds coming in, ever reporting station says cloudy. kinds of a cool pattern with temperatures in the 40s and 50s to start. some of the most inland locations, stockton liver moor, collie lake, in the 80s or 70s

yesterday. all 70s today. 77 you chiia. 74 livermore and stockton, 82 to 78 degrees. any event you are attending, it's going to be a partly sunny, partly cloudy patent, cool and low 60s. i don't see much change as we go in to week. 40s to 60s. marked for identification 40s to the north. -- the westerly breeze, sea breeze components still. there it's not as strong as yesterday. big strong dome of high pressure building towards the gulf of alaska. the key is the low there, that's bringing in the higher clouds and now it doesn't have moisture to work with it but moving towards us, not only today but probably all the way in to sunday and monday. that will keep the cooling trend in place. 60s and 70s. occasionally breezy to windy, the forecasted highs saturday, 60s, 70s, sacramento valley.

sanoma 72. 73 danville. berkley 67. brentwood 77. 74 san jose. saratoga 75. low 70s on the peninsula. upper 60s for some or at 60 on the coast. fog should get wiped out. inland temperatures so cool. partly sunny, partly cloudy skies. cleaning up the rack, secret services new policies after agents were caught partying with prostitutes. actress darryl hannah was arrested in texas along with a royal great grandmother over a pipe. are you ready ?

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60s and 70s. a big surprise from the labor department. the new report says, the unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest level in 4 years. allison burns with those numbers and the political impact. >> reporter: it's the lowest unemployment rate since president obama took office. the labor departments report for september shows the economy added 114,000 jobs last month. the unemployment rate drops significantly to 7-point 8%, from 8.1% in august, that is a surprise because economists were expecting unemployment to pick up. president obama and mitt romney will both be campaigning in virginia this morning, the obama campaign took a hit with his debate performance this weeks this will give him something to crow about today. the romney campaign, mitt romney issued a statement saying this is not what a real recovery looks like. he goes on the say, the real

unemployment rate is closer to 11% if you count the people who stopped looking for work. there is also a lot of speculation on line on social media this morning, that the obama administration could be fudging the numbers. we took that question right to the secretary of labor this morning. she tells us it's ludicrous to say the numbers could be manipulated. secret service has new policies in place after one of the most embarrassing scandals in the history. it would ban excessive drinking and the share of work related information on sites including facebook. this comes five months after more than a dozen employees of the secret service were accused of drunken partying with prostitutes. american activists are planning to stage a protest against u.s. drone strikes,

member of the antiwar group code papping planning to hold a rally in islamabad. they are saying the drone attacks killed innocent people, there are conflicting reports about drone casualties. civilian deaths or injuries are rare but others disagree with that. greece's prime minister says his country can only survive until the end of next month. right now officials from the european commission, international monetary fund and european central bank are in greece assessing the process and meeting the terms of the bailout agreement. german chancellor will visit greece next week. explosion in fresno destroyed one home and damaged several others. the blast was cause bade secret meth lab run by mexican drug cartels. the people inside moved in about a month ago.

investigators say they noticed a disturbing trend, drug traffickers, some connections with mexican cartels representing houses and convert -- renting houses and converting the houses in to major meth labs. >> i was sitting in my recliner, it almost knocked me out of the chair. i thought a trug or car hit my house. >> one man inside the meth lab house suffered third degree burns and is in critical condition. two other people escaped. police are looking for them now. a former follower of charles manson could be closer to gaining freedom. the california parole recommended parole for bruce davis. the entire parole board must approve his release and governor brown could block it. bruce davis is serving a life sentence for the deaths of a musician and a stunt man in 1969. he maintains he was a bystander and did not participate this

the killings. actress darryl hannah, known for her role in splash and blade runner has been arrested in northeast texas. the actress and former texas landowner, elinore fairchild were taken in to custody for a protest against the keystone excel oil pipeline. hannah is accused of laying down in front of construction equipment to block it's movement. she faces charges of criminal trespassing, and resisting arrest. mail theft is investigated on the peninsula this morning. sometime between wednesday afternoon and thursday morning, thieves broke in to several mailboxs, that skyline in woodside. the victims are worried someone will steal their identities. the sheriff's office is investigating. three people are due back in court today for alleged jewelry scams, the target, elderly chinese women. look at the surveillance video of an incident in san francisco. police say the scammers told

the victims to put their jewelry inside a bag to ward off evil spirits then escaped with the jewelry. the hearing for the women charge second expected to wrap up today. each of the women has been charged with 7 felonies. it is 7:20, a professional parachute assistant fined. laverne everett went sky diving for her 80th birthday but nearly slipped out of the harness. she did manage to land safely. faa is fining parachutist mc glenn $2200 for improperly fitting the harness and improperly leading the aircraft. major money problems for a city in the central valley. at water layed off almost 40 city employees to help close a $3 million budget gap. many of those who received the slips took the grievances to

the council. accusing council members of reckless spending. the city will ask employees who still have a job like police officers and firefighters, to take pay cuts, or have less overtime. the city is looking in to the possibility of filing for bankruptcy protection. it is 7:00 21, a national lands mark gets draped. why the water has been taken out of the newly re-opened reflecting pool in front of the lincoln memorial. a teacher is called a hero, what sent panic through a classroom and how the teacher was able to jump in and help out. pretty slow in many areas for this friday, highway 4, see the morning commute getting thick. we will tell you more about the trouble spots straight ahead. dan hurd: when i was a child, california was a leader in education funding.

erika derry: and the fact that california isn't making it a priority frustrates me. dan hurd: i'm ashamed of that, and i don't want this to continue for my daughter. brenda kealing: prop 38 is going to bring a lot of money to our schools. suzan solomon: the money stays at the school site. cade derry: what i would really like to see is that the teachers... that were laid off come back to the school. navaz hurd: a smaller class size. navaz hurd: as a mom i want that. as a teacher i want that. prop 38 is an opportunity of a generation. quick thinking sacramento area schoolteacher who helped save the life of a choking student.

>> after trying to swallow it, i was choking on it. >> he was in class and started choking on his breakfast burrito, his teacher saw him and performed the heimlich maneuver, something he learned ten years ago. >> i'm just glad it's over. ist all in a day's work. i'm glad i could help a student. >> i'm extremely thankful. >> his mom is thankful as well that the teacher said her son's life -- saved her son's life. land mark on the national mall is going green. literally. with algae. crews had to drain 4 million gallons of water from the lincoln memorial reflecting pool to scrub away the mess. pool was reengineered. the level of ozone needed to keep algae was forming wasn't

calibrated correctly. it's a beautiful site. >> it is. it's stunning. 7:26, sal, stunning site around the toll plaza? >> the same thing all week, backed up beyond the maizes slow in to the city. the back ups begin. if you are driving on interstate 80, the traffic is going to be slow. highway 1 oh 1, in san francisco, is moderately heavy. we had an earlier stall on the central freeway. san jose, better than before. mostly cloudy out there. higher clouds up as well along with the low clouds. low clouds probably maxing out today. inland heat disappearing rapidly. area of low pruoff the coasts coming over us, probably sunday in to monday. that's the souse of the higher clouds right there. it will probably thip out of a morning event. we will keep an eye sunday in to monday. not a lot of moisture with the

low. it could generate showers. low 60s, partly sunny, partly cloudy. cool and breezy. 60s, 70s, few upper 70s. gone are the 80s and 90s, maybe for a while. it is 7:26. fargo, north dakota, is getting a head start on winter. residents are cleaning up after a powerful storm which dropped 5- 8 inches of snow yesterday. school children enjoyed the snowfall, but it's bad news for 6500 homes and businesses that lost power and corn and soybean farmers are suffering because they are trying to harvest crops. >> time is 7:27. disturbing story we are getting the details now from san mateo county, police are looking for a man, who is accused of doing around a young child. we have been looking that report just released by the

cdc, documents the investigation in to the county's first rabies' related death in 20 years, what it says about the victim and the search for people who may have been exposed. 1 million, that's how many people are expected in san francisco. the warning from police and how you can avoid the crowds.

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san francisco's bracing for big crowds this weekend. more than a million people expected to fill the streets, and the city leaders couldn't be happier. several high profile events including the americas cup world series will be happening. they are hoping this will show what is to come for the big americas cup event next year when they expect 3 million people for that. as you can imagine, it will be a lot of extra police on patrol as well. the events this weekend range from fleet week to the hardly strictly blue grass festival, baseball and all kinds of things going on, to avoid gridlock, you are advised ride public transportation. alex is in oakland to tell us how public transportation is gearing up for this very busy weekend. >> reporter: good morning, it will be all hands on deck for bart in particular. they will bring in station agents and train operators for this very busy weekend.

this morning, as well, bart will be adding extra cars to all of the trains. over the weekend, bart will put every available train car they have in to service, 600 of them, they will have special event trains, a dozen, it will be time to coinside with the time when large events let out in san francisco. keep in mind, trains will be still operating on the normal weekend schedule so they won't be coming more frequently than they would on a weekend. a spokesman said bart could set a record this weekend for ridership with events around the bay area, and of course bart riders are bracing for the big crowds. >> definitely planning ahead. i've had experiences with you get stuck on bart or don't make it or get there and there are so many people, you are trying to walk in. you are like i'm going to say here. >> we could have 250,000 people on saturday, 200,000 on sunday. which would be a very big

weekend us. our highest ridership was 279,000, we could eclipse that number. other public agentsies are preparing. muny will have education tra trains and buses running on certain lines in the cities and things will be a lot busier on the bay as well. a lot more ferries will be in service, shuttling pammers over to san francisco, the san francisco bay ferry will trip it will normal capacity between the east bay and san francisco. we come back here live this morning, the spokesman i spoke with said you can expect crowded stationses and crowded trains, bart officials say they have been preparing for this weekend for months now and circled this on the calendar and ready to handle the extra passengers. in our channel 2 website, ktvu.com, we have summaries telling you about the big

events. go to the front page there, look for the section called today's hot topics. disturbing story in the peninsula, the san mateo county sheriff's office is looking for a man who exposed himself to a 12 yield girl in san carlos , the girl was walking home from central middle school when a man allegedly drove up to he and exposed himself. the student immediately turned around and walked back to the school, and reported the incident. an alert has been sent to people living in san carlos. a woman is in custody after leading sheriff's deputies on a wild chase through the east bay. she ran several red lights on east 14th street. when she not to the end of the street, she turned around and went the other way and stopped at 61st avenue. the chase lasted nearly half an hour. time is 7:34, the expanded

search now for people who may have been exposed to rabies by a bay area man who died of it. claudine wong live in martinez where officials are about to hold a news conference. >> reporter: the cdc released this report on its investigation and as you said in just a few hours, health officials in contracosta will hold a press conference to talk about the first rabies related death in two decades. they are trying to track down information, the victim and everyone he may have been in contact with. this man got ipfect bid a bat in the southern part of the county in march. an acquaintance saw him tough a touch a bat and he pulled his hand back as if he had gotten bitten. it appears that's the best evidence of how he got this.

this man was well traveled. he died on july 31st, he was in switzerland when it happened and had several treatments. cdc identified 59 people who came in contact with him and could have been exposed after the onset of symptoms. 23 of them have been given rabies shots. reasonable risk for contact means coming in to contact with the tears or saliva with open wounds. they believe this man was likely at risk of exposing other people from june 11th, until july 31st. health officials getting the word out about who might have been in contact with him. rabies obviously very deadly and once the symptoms start, almost always it is fatal. six more birds have tested positive for the west nile vice

russ in contracosta county. the recent heat wave maybe to blame. brentwood, concord, discovery bay, two residents tested positive. it's been detected in 56 dead birds, 19 groups of mosquitos and 7 chickens. a chicago firefighter meanwhile is the latest victim of the west nile virus, he was bitten by a mosquito during a family trip to wisconsin two weeks ago. he first reported flu like symptoms and went in to a coma and suffered irreversible brain damage. he worked for the chicago fire department since 1989. patients in 23 states are warned steroid injections they received for back pain, may have been contaminated with fungal meningitis. the health department confirms the steroid medications were shipped to medical facilities

in los angeles, talair ri and -- 3 people in six states came down with fungal meningitis and five died. >> i haven't be safely giving end epidural steroid injections for 22 years. >> the symptoms include a slurred speech, trouble walking, fever, nausea and severe headache. american is blamed for a shooting at a hotel. police say an american man grabbed a hotel security guard's gun and began firing in to a crowded dining room. he killed a kitchen worker before police shot him dead. police say the gunman had been working at the hotel as part of a work study program that brings jews to israel. he identified only as a 23 year old man from new york, the shooting happened in the red sea resort city, packed with

people now on holiday. intense search in the lake tahoe area for an inmate who escaped hours before he was due in prison. he was granted a 3-hour release to take care of personal business before he was transferred from jail to prison. he asked to be driven to a hospital in south lake tahoe and he took off. he was due in prison on charges of spousal battery. story you will see only on 2, a backyard pot grow in concord is causing a controversy in one neighborhood. police investigated a complaint about this marijuana garden. they didn't take action becausist all legal. some of the neighbors don't like it. >> imafraid that we are going to end up with crime wave over in this section. i don't want to see that happen. >> a lot of the people are homeowners and been here for 20

plus yearses of course they are more than entitled to be concerned about the neighborhood. >> he has been growing the part as part of a medical marijuana collective and once had 30 plants but now only has ten. it is 7:39, one man is dead, and a woman is treated for serious injuries after a crash involving a motorcycle in sanoma county. it happened on arnold drive near sanoma. a nissan altima hit a motorcycle head on. a map driving the motorcycle died at the scene. the female passenger was air lifted to a hospital in critical condition. the cause of the crash is under investigation. fur flying american airlines you may want to check the status of your flight. the airline is cancelling dozens of flights to fix the seats that have been coming loose in the air. american says 44 flights are canceled today. 50 flights were canceled yesterday. all planes should be back in

service tomorrow. so far, we have called the airline and found two american flights ow of ffo this morning, one heading to miami , the other to orlando, were canceled. that's what we know so far. it's slow but no major problems. a lot of slow traffic, northbound, 280, not as bad as yesterday. it hasn't been a great commute in to the valley. 101 is slow. looking at it here on the maps, you can see that traffic is slow near 280, yesterday, it was so bad, today if you get out again, you are going to say it's improve ad lib. if you are looking at the commute, highway 580, interstate 580, liver moor, better than it was. bay bridge toll plaza, traffic is backed up. it is backed up to the foot of the mc arthur maze.

some of the fog is getting pubbed around, chewed up a little bit. it's cool now, upper layers of the atmosphere and at the surface, temperatures cooled off. you need the heat to kind of sustain the fog, we lost that. had it a couple of days ago. the higher clouds are in place. partly sunny, partly cloudy day. there is a westerly breeze in place. some of the most inland areas, areas that get, were hot for a while. not anymore. clear lake 86. livermore 78. clear lake 44 this morning, west wind. cool there. the low and high clouds, low clouds, losing a lot of the grip. there are some around. gray skies. temperature dropped though. upper 40ss 50s, temperatures haven't changed much. we have the cloud cover over

us. 60s under mostly cloudy skies. still a component of westerly breeze. overcast conditions, west, southwest, 15 travis. higher clouds, delta breeze will pick up later. this low which is out here for ten days, looks like it's heading towards us and meandering in to california next week. could produce showers. we haven't had the first rain of the season yet. this might give us a little bit. low and high clouds, 60s and 70s. breezy, windy at times. forecasted highs in to saturday, green, 60s, 70s in the yellow there. a cool pattern takes news to the weekend. 60s, 70s and 80s. temperatures upper 60s, low 70s. temperatures sliding down, leveling off today and keeping it there in to the weekend. i don't see change in the temperature pattern. warmer by the coast. the fog will be wiped out. breezy, cool, partly sunny,

partly cloudy in to the weekend. monday, light shower activity. south and east, we will keep an eye on it. wall streets response to ton expected unemployment number out this morning. also, marking the first anniversary of the death of steve jobs. and a new movie about osama bin laden is raising eyebrows not because of the content but the timing of its release.

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other factors that suggest the economy is gaining momentum. taking a look at the big board, dow headed for the first winning week, following two weeks of losses, now up 68. nasdaq up 15. sp up 7. japanese clothing retailer, opens the doors to the public this morning. san francisco mayor will be on hand for the first day of business. the new store -- the new store in union scare will be the west coast flag ship, illuminated rainbow staircase, 77 lcd screens and a virtual dressing room. the local economy is turning around. hotels are setting records. pam cook is in the newsroom with more on the story. san francisco hotels are booking up and it's not just because of the busy weekend ahead we have been talking about this morning. the sports helping but the conferences and the return of

tourists helping make san francisco the leading hospitality market in the country. that's according to the san francisco business times which reports occupancy rates are the highest level ever. more than 80% of the hotel rooms were filled and average room rate jumped $16 to $171 a night. certainly helping the local economy because other businesses shops and restaurants benefit as well. the general manager of the grand hyatt union scare told the paper, despite under going renovations, his hotel is having the second strongest year in its 40 year history. time is 7:48, election news, president obama is on the campaign trail in virginia this morning. these are live pictures. this is jog mason university -- george mason university.

the president did receive some good newseller this morning about the up employment rate. the rate fell to its lowest level since he took office. much needed boost for the obama campaign after wednesday's debate. the president will be speaking on that stage at george mason university shortly. we will check back and bring you the details. republican presidential nom nominee mitt romney campaigning in virginia today. he talked about his controversial comments on the 47%. in this case i said something that's completely wrong. i absolutely believe however that my life has shown that i care about 100%. >> that video came out of mitt romney at a fundraiser in may saying almost half of the american people are victims and dependant on the government. mitt romney today will be at a coal country rally in southwest virginia, he is accused the

obama administration of crushing the coal industry. a film that depicts the osama bin laden man hunt is set to debut two days before the election. navy seals killed osama bin laden in may 2011. the film which will air on the national geographic channel is distributed by the weinstein company, the chairman is a prominent fundraiser for the obama campaign. national geographic says the timing is not meant to be political. turkey wants an emergency nato meeting after bombs launched from syria hit a turkish border town. five civilians and three children were killed. the syria calls it a tragic accident. the u.n. security council condemned the bombing and called it a violation of law. turkey shelled military posts. the turkish prime minister says it it doesn't want to go to war

but asked the parliament to approve further attacks. a police officer shot an un armed driver. the victim was a national guardsman. he cut off two police vehicles on the grand central parkway yesterday morning. officers pulled him over, and tommed him to put his hands -- and told him to put his hands up and shot him. they claimed he was reaching under his seat but passenger says his hands were on the wheel. federal investigators are looking in to whether two border agents may have been shot in a fire incident. it happened tuesday near the u.s.-mexico border in arizona. u.s. officials originally blamed it on armed criminals but now, investigators is say they can't rule out whether shots were fired in the friendly fire incident. one of the agents died, a second one was wounded. san francisco has a new catholic archbishop this

morning. more than 2000 worshipers filled st. mary's yesterday at salvatore was installed during a mass. some consider him a controversial figure because of his support for california's same-sex marriage ban. despite that, parishioners think he will reach out to liberal members of the church. >> i'm certain he will do so. that's probably one of the top things on his list. outside the church, a dozen gay rights advocates protested his installation, equal number of the archbishop supporters gathered and sang songs. this has been a stew much white house week. -- tumultuous week. prosecutors dropped a charge of driving under the influence. he has publicly apologized for his quote error in judgment. it was one year ago today

that apple cofounder steve jobs died. marking the anniversary, apple put up this montage on the website, shows steve jobs through his life followed by a statement by ceo tim cook paying tribute to jobs. the city will honor him by flying its city flag at half staff today. >> his biography is outstanding. >> i need to read that. a dream denied. the reason a boy scout says he is not being allowed to pull fill a childhood goal. bay area baseball fever really heating up. how it is spreading to local businesses.

teenager is denied his dream of becoming a eagle scout because of who he is. 17 year old ryan has been a scout since he was 6 years old and last week he thought he

reached the highest goal in scouting. his final eagle scout project building what he called a tolerance wall filled with antibullying messages at a middle school. he chose that for his project because he had been bullied. hope the community is better than that. i hope the eagle scouts are better than that. they should change the policy. >> a scout master refused to sign off on the project because the scout is openly gay. more than 100,000 people have signed signatures. the bay area's baseball playoff five continues really paying off big for local businesses. hotels are booked up in san francisco, a lot of it has to do with the playoff game between the giants and reds and

businesses are getting ready because the a. s will take on the tigers in detroit first, and a lot of people going out to restaurants to watch the game. the first pitch for the giants, tomorrow, 6:30, the a's play at 3:00 tomorrow. busy times. busy times on the bay bridge. let's check in with sal. >> there is a crash on the bay bridge, reported westbound, we will bring in some cameras, to help us look for it. news chopper 2 is on the way. we are looking at this live picture from the upper deck. you can see the lights flashing there, westbound, injury-wreck reported. san francisco fire department is on the scene. slow traffic. on the other side traffic is moving. the log jam is before the island. quickly now to the deliver moore valley, westbound 580, slow traffic. concord, coming up we will take a look at the bay bridge toll

plaza commute. mix of fog, sun, and high clouds, but looks like a lot of the fog is starting to disappear. most of the marine coast looks sunny. pockets of blue skies, partly cloudy skies and we lost a lot of the heat inland and around the yeah, that really doesn't support the fog too much. there is some out there. a mixed bag on the picture. partly sunny, partly cloudy, cool and breezy in to fleet week and name your event in the city. 60s on the temperature. maybe mid-60s. nice during the day. 40s and 50s, low 60s on the temperatures. low playing in to the weather this weekend. moving slowly, it will be over us sunday in to monday. temperatures, monday, it was tuesday, 90s, 100s, in the 60s and 70s. breezy, cool, parrel, partly cloudy, clouds and splash and dash showers sunday no monday.

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good morning, you talk about a busy weekend around here, more than a million people expected the pack san francisco streets because of the events happening this weekend. tara moriarty is in san francisco now, to tell us how the city is preparing to make sure everything goes as smoothly as possible return we are in front of the americas cup official store. standing in front of one of the cat tami catamarans, they they've will have one of the northbound lanes blocked off,

to bay street. it will be used a as bicycle lane and allow emergency vehicles access to the hub of activity. around 6:30, we saw a military convoy led by police coming through here. all in preparation for fleet week. today is the quarter finals with races scheduled this weekend. estimated to draw 40,000 people to the bay. every member of the police force will be out, and city leaders say it's a practice run for the americas cup event next year, when 3 million people are expected to attend. the blue angels will be flying over head and the u.s. navy pilots practicing today this afternoon you can spot them or hear them at least with shows on saturday and sunday. it's part of fleet week, the parade of ships starts tomorrow. here is a look at other big events , the giants will taken to reds in the national league playoffs saturday and sunday. blue grass festival in golden gate park, niners take on the

buffalo bills sunday and italian heritage parades north beach sundays. the fair is also going on, we have two mega cruise ships docking here this weekend, expected to draw 7000 people, in addition to the one whose are already here. also we want to mention if you peek through both of these stores you can see they are working on a building there. we will tell you how that ties in to the americas cup in the next 45 minutes. i'm tara moriarty, ktvu. san francisco isn't the only place with big events. you are advised use mass transit if you can, stanford will be hosting the arizona wildcats tomorrow. the cow bears host ucla at the new memorial stadium tomorrow night. in oakland, the sold out justin bieber concert is at the oracle arena. florence and machine at the

shoreline tonight. all the events could make the roads really like parking lot. threats hope not. easy congestion, use mass transit if you k. coming up, how agencies like bart will be handling one of the busiest weekends of the year. another reason not the drive, gas prices shot up overnight and the pain at the pump could last a while. janine is live to explain why prices are skyrocketing across the state. i understand prices could climb even higher by the end of the day. >> reporter: yes. here at the 76 gas station, blossom hill, the price for regular is $4.63 a gallon. i spoke with store employees here at the gas station, they are expecting a call from the gas station owner in the next hour and estimateing that the price here will go up $0.10, or more. let's take a look at san jose

prices according to fuel gauge report. a week ago, the price for regular unleaded was $4.16 a gallon. yesterday went to $4.38 today the average is $4.54. in a week, gas prices jumped $0.38 here. analysts say this stems from supply problems. the chevron is producing at reduced capacity. and a pipeline that moves crude oil was shutdown. >> if you look at the erption of the gas companies, they are -- earnings of the gas companies, they are always stellar. analysts say california gasoline inventories are at the lowest level in ten years. there are strict pollution limits. it's higher in los angeles, where some stations have passed a $5 mark.

a few station owners have shutdown the pumps, rather than charging the higher price to break even. this time you could use help. track the latest gas prices, finds the cheapest ones on our website, ktvu.com, look for the business tab at the top of the front page and click consumer news. earlier this morning, the labor department announced unemployment rate fell shapely in september. the jobless rate is now 7-point 8%. that's down 3/10th from august the lowest level since january, 2009. separate labor department report shows 873,000 people, found new jobs last month. we will bring you more on the numbers from our washington dc newsroom, coming up for you at 8:15. a drive by shooting overnight in san jose injured one man, it happened on roberts

avenue, around 11:00, authorities say the man was shot in the nose, and the hand, his injuries are not considered life threatening. two bart passengers were robbed at gunpoint moments after getting off of a train in oakland. it happened around 11:30 at the colosseum bart station parking lot. they were walking to cars when two gunmen approached them and demanded money. they took off with the victims cell phones. bart officers used police dogs to track the suspect. one of the suspects may have been bit and was taken to the hospital. the robbery victims were not hurt. time is 8:07, new information about san jose principal accused of not reporting allegations of sexual abuse. the every green school district released notes showing a second grade student showed a principal that a teacher blindfolded her, and put something in her mouth. prosecutors say the principal should have reported that to the police and to child

protective services. that teacher allegedly molested another student three months later and was arrested. we are learningitis of two men killed in a double shooting in vallejo, douglas cally died after shots were fired in a dispute with a neighbor. michael scalely was killed. people who live in glencove say the suspect and the victims were good friends but often argued over politics. they say the accused shooter carried a gun in his sweat pants and made threats in the past. >> martin has threatened to shoot them before, getting angry about politics. >> the shooting happened just after the presidential debate started. police have not confirmed whether an argument over politics led to the shooting. testimony will resume tuesday in the murder trial of gisele, charged with killing a

nursing student. witnesses accuse her of creating a scheme to find out michelle's hospital schedule. witnesses testified thats tabon posed as her friend, a prospective student and teacher. surveillance cameras show her breaking in to offices and walking away with student rosters. officials at city college of san francisco had to answer questions in sacramento about the money problems. school officials appeared before the board of governors yesterday. the chronicle reports the school board president admitted they were clueless when it came to the school's finances, until they had proper training. the college is trying to dig out of a financial hole and must make drastic changes or risk losing its accreditation and possibly closing. a action must be submitted by october 15th. sal, you have your chopper plying.

>> we have news chopper 2 up in the sky now. you will see that the crash that was on the bridge is now off to the side. fortunately, wasn't a huge injury-crash, they cleared it quickly. as news chopper 2 is panning to the right, see traffic on the upper deck of the bay bridge is beginning to move again on the span as we look at it here. he is going to tilt up for us a little bit. traffic is moving along relatively well. they slow the metering lights down at the toll plaza. they do that to let the emergency vehicles get on and off the bridge. there is a crowd now as a result here at the bay bridge toll plaza. bigger than a few moments ago when we checked. san jose, slow traffic here on 101, especially 85. not as bad as yesterday. yesterday was a lot worses you might be able to get in to the office at the normal time this morning. moving to ahayward, southbound

traffic is busy. across the bay, 101, not bad. san mateo, the slowest part. 280 looks good. let's go to steve. we have higher clouds, lot of those, also sun on the coast, parts of the coast, in the city, the fog is getting wiped out, chewed up as the cooler temperatures inland don't support it or the cooler air aloft. sun for some, still a day with 60s and 70s under partly sunny, skies, today, tomorrow, in to sunday, any events in the city, 60s for temperatures, kinds of not bad during the day, once you get towards sunset, it gets cool and breezy fast. temperatures on the cool side. some of the inland temperatures, coastal temperatures, very, very hot on tuesday and wednesday, when you get areas, sliding in to the 70s. that tells you we are in a cooling trend which is the case today. they will stay there for a

while. 40s, 50s, 60s, 40s lake county, upper 50s, low 60s. overcast, though, last time i looked a at the web camera, san jose states' meteorology department, cloudy skies over san jose. sfo calm. low overcast. a whopper of high pressure building in to alaska. couple of systems there. concerned about this there. looks like it may not be over until sunday or monday. it has taken care of most of the low clouds. patchy low clouds around. it's going to spin in high and mid level clouds. low and high clouds, sunny, partly sunny, 60s and 70s. top to bottom, west to east, 60s, 70. 73 danville. brentwood 77. 67 berkley. 74 santa clara. 74 san jose. 60s on the coast. shall be. this is a little bit too much

of a westerly breeze, 60s, 70s on the peninsula. not much change, about the sames partly sunny, saturday. the low gets closer sunday. clouds might be wrapping in here. keep an eye on showers sunday in to monday. it is 8:12, a house explodes in fresno, police believe it's linked to a mexican crime syndicate. why dozens of high school students were pepper sprayed in los angeles and what officials are focusing on today.

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new this how, president obama is using a campaign rally in virginia to promote this morning's drop in the monthly unemployment rate. allison burns joins us live from the bureau with the jobs numbers and reaction from both candidates. >> first let's show you the highlights of this labor department jobs report. it shows, employers added 114,000 workers in sent, unemployment rate dropped to 7- point 8%, from 8.1% the month before, it's the lowest unemployment rate in almost four years, and the lowest rates since president obama took office. both president obama and mitt romney are going to be campaigning this hour in virginia, this is a live look at the event where president obama will be speaking, he is

running 20 minutes late, 8 say he will be using the speech to remind americans we have come too far to turn back to the policies that put the newest to a crisis. mitt romney will be speaking to a crowd in southern virginia later this hour, he issued a statement saying this is not what a real recovery looks like there is spec lakes on social media this morning -- speculation on social media that the obama administration is fudging the numbers. labor secretary said this morning that that suggestion is ludicrous. reporting live from washington dc, allison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. secret service has new policies after recent embarrassing scandals. among other things, new policy bans excessive drinking and sharing wok related information on web sites including

facebook. all of this comes five months after more than dozen secret service agents were accused of drunken partying with prostitutes. a house in fresno exploded yesterday, destroying that house and damaging others. police think yesterday's explosion was triggered by fumes from a meth lab run by a mexican drug cartel. the occupants moved in about a month ago, investigators say they noticed a disturbing trend now of drug traffickers, some with ties to mexican cartels, renting out houses in upscale neighborhoods and converting them in to major meth labs. >> i was sitting in my recliner , the explosion happened and almost knocked me out of the chair. i thought somebody a truck or car hit my house. >> one man inside the meth lab house suffered third degree burns. he is in critical condition. two other people got out. they are now being sought by

the authorities. authorities in san mateo are investigating several cases of solen mail. one was at skyline boulevard near redwood city. thieves broke in to mailboxes using bolt cutters wednesday night or yesterday morning. victims are now worried about identity theft. san jose police arrested four young people who are sususpected of being part of a burglary ring. a person with a still camera captured pictures of two males and two females, loading up stolen items in to a white honda pilot. the photos were given exclusively to ktvu. we are not showing the faces because they are minors. the group is responsible for burglarizing two homes in three days. a former follower of charles manson maybe closer to gaining freedom. yesterday, the california parole board recommended parole for bruce davis, the whole parole board has to approve his

release and governor brown can block it. davis is serving a life sentence for deaths of musician and stunt man in 1969. he claims he was a bystander and did not take part in the killings. actress darryl hannah, she was in splash and blade runner, she was arrested in northeast texas. the actress and former texas landowner, elinore fairchild were taken in to custody for a protest against the keystone excel oil pipeline. darryl hannah is accused of laying down in front often construction equipment to block them. she is facing charges of criminal trespassing and resisting arrest. a group of high school students felt the burning sensation of fender spray from a campus police officer. the officer russ responding to a -- was responding to a fight yesterday in la. too many students were watching the fight and the officer shot pepper spray to break the crowd

up. paramedics treated 47 students, officials are investigating the use of pepper spray. a quick thinking sacramento area teacher helped save the life of a choking student. >> after trying to swallow it and cough it out, i realized i was choking on it. >> he was in class when he choked on his breakfast bureau to, his teacher -- breakfast burrito. i owe him a huge hug. i'm extremely thankful. >> his mom thanked the teacher and hugged her son. 25-year-old soldier who lost his arms and legs is walking again thanks to prosthetics. travis mills returned home to serve as grand marshal in his

high school parade. he was injured by an i ud during his third tour of duty in afghanistan. he hopes he will be able to return home soon. time is 8:21, a familiar popular side of washington dc looks different this morning. look. what used to be a glistening highlight, is much less luxurious, we will tell you what is wrong with the reflecting pool.

the lincoln memorial, in washington dc, the reflecting pool had been turned green by algae. the crews in washington dc, drained 4 million gallons of water and now scrubbing it clean. the pool was recently reengineered to use river water, instead of drinking water and opened on august 31st but had to close it again, this week because of the algae out there. the pool is being recalibrated to keep the algae from coming back. it will stay empty for at least a week. just a few houses one of the events we have been talking about is going to get underway

in san francisco. the hardly strictly blue grass fee value is at 10:00 -- festival is at 10:00. dozens of bands on six stages, thousands of people expected to be at this year's event, running through sunday. parking is extremely limited, so they are encouraging people to take public transportation, that maybe crowded, too. have a lot of time and patience. >> did you see mc hammer? >> i did. >> sal is not dancing. they are going to have problems on the bay bridge. >> you don't want to see me dance, first of all. we have problems on the bay bridge and that's because of the crash on the upper deck, wasn't a serious crash at all but caused a delay, it's backed up around the corner to berkley, 80 westbound, very slow. getting in to san francisco today, this morning, bring your patience, bring time for example you have an appointment in the city. you may want to consider using

an alternate or taking bart. if maybe you are using 880 to get to the bridge, because that would be a better alternate for you now. let's look at another live picture of the bridge, could be alternative for you, it's not that bad heading to the high- rise, thick to 101 and san jose, slow. northbound 288, lawrence expressway, there is an injury- crash,el 85 is a better route this morning. 85 is better than yesterday. we tilt up to take a look at hayward, union city and freemont looks good. sun out there for some. low clouds, most of the clouds are retreating from the coast. high clouds coming in from an area of low pressure, it will be in here sunday or monday. we could get possibility of brief light showers. in the meantime, the air has cooled off so much, this is not allowing the fog to stay where it is and has been the last couple of days when it was sold

out. there is low clouds. i think we will see more sun than higher clouds coming up. 60s and 70s, temperatures not going to move too much. they will come down a little bit. nice during the day, cool, breezy in the evenings. a new health concern in the bay area, after a man dies from rabies. why officials think people in the bay area may have contracted the disease. y unless we send more tax dollars to sacramento,

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more than 1 million people expected to fill up the streets. officials couldn't be happier, a lot of very high profile events from the americas cup series, baseball, concerts, air shows, a lot will be going on and there will be a lot of extra police on patrol. besides law enforcement, local transit agencys will be extremely busy, they have mapped out plans on how to handle the crash of riders. alex is life. bart may set a new record this weekends. >> reporter: good morning, dave. with so many events going on around the bay area, spokesman said this mornings bart could shatter it's record for ridership during the weekend. that was set in 2007 when the bay bridge was closed for the weekend and 278,000 passengers took the train. it will be hands on deck with extra station agents and train

operators brought in. bart will add cars to the trains and over the weekend, put every available car in to service. more than a dozen special event trains running as well to timeout with certain large events. keep in mind, trains will be operating on a normal weekend schedule. bart, very good alternative to thriving in to the city this weekend. a chp officer said they are expecting the roads to be packed and encourages people to car pool or take public transit and people going to san francisco are planning to leave cars at home. >> driving is going to be a nightmare in san francisco this weekend. with baseball, fleet week, and everything going on, so bart, that will be it for me. >> reporter: other public transportation agencies are preparing to handle passengers. muny will have extra trains and

buses. things busy on the bay as well. ferries in service shuttling people in to the city. the san francisco bay ferry will triple the capacity this weekend. you can expect crowded stations and crowded trains this weekend, bart officials tell me they have spent months preparing for this weekend and are ready to handle the extra passengers. . channel 2 website, ktvu.com, we have summaries telling you about the big events. go to the front page of ktvu.com, look for the section called today's hot topics. new this morning, more troubling details are emerge about a man who exposed himself to a 12 yield gill in sap carlos. the child was walking home from central middle school yesterday afternoon when a man drove up, and exposed himself. she toned around and went back to school to report the

incident. she saw a young child in a car seat in the rear of the vehicle. an alert has been issued. police are releasing information in the case of a popular middle schoolteacher accused of molesting former students. 28 year old james was taken in to custody last week after posting bonds he committed suicide monday morning. his supporters claim investigators acted hastily and ruined his reputation. albany police released records showing several girls came forward. health experts are expected to tell us more today about a man who died from rabies. claudine wong is live right now, to tell us how he got the disease and what is being done to find other possible victims. >> reporter: health officials

are going to have a press conference in 90 minutes to talk about the case. we have a good idea because of this report from the centers for disease control and prevention that outlines the investigation in to the death of the 34 year old man. it appears that this man got this back in march. this is contracosta county's rabies related death. he was abroad when they developed symptoms. officials believe the man got infected by a bat in the southern part of the country in march. an acquaintance was with him and saw him pull his hand back as if he had gotten bitten. investigators found a person who had contact with the bat. that happened in march. this man died july 31st.

he had gotten sick three weeks flyer prior. other people could have been exposed. 23 of them have been given rabies shots. his symptoms came while he was on vacation in tie lands and considered -- in thailand and considered potentially infectious. he traveled extensively during the time from san francisco on 8 different flights internationally to 8 different countries. the goal is to track down anyone who might have been in contact with him. this press conference starts at 10:00 this morning. six more birds tested positive for the west nile virus. health officials say the recent heat wave maybe to blame. the birds were found in

brentwood, concord, discovery bay, pleasant hill, walnut and oakly. two contracosta residents tested positive this year. it has been detected in 56 dead birds, 19 groups of mosquitos and in 7 chickens. patients in 23 states are warned that steroid injections they receive for back pain, may have been contaminated with fungal meningitis. the health department confirms steroid medications were sent to los angeles, and other counties. 35 people in six states came down with fungal meningitis. five of them have died. >> the first time i have seen anything like this. i have been giving steroid injections for 22 years and inform seen or heard anything like this. >> the symptoms include slurred speech, trouble walking, fevers, nausea, and a severe

headache. american is blamed for a deadly shooting at a hotel in israel. police say an american man grabbed a hotel security guard's gun, and began firing in to a crowded dining room and killed a kitchen worker before police shot him dead. the gunman had been working at the hotel as part of a work study program that brings jurys to israel. -- jews to israel. he is from new york, the shooting happened in the red sea resort city, packed with people on holiday. under the threat of a possible federal takeover, the oakland police department is cracking down on violence. the city averages 1 homicide every three days. in a joint operation with the atf, the department removed 570 weapons from off the streets. the police will be working with churches on crime prevention and community outreach. yesterday, the critics filed a motion for a federal take

overclaiming the oakland police department failed to itch implement reforms. a filing reads the vast majority of police officers are doing amazing, brave work under tough sicks. i'm proud of the progress they have made. a backyard pot grow in concord is causing a confidence in one neighborhood. police investigated a complaint about this main garden. they didn't take action. it is legal. we talked to map who has been growing the main as part of a medical -- the marijuana as part of a medical dispensary. >> there is more to the story than meets the eye. i don't like this going on in a residential area. >> that neighbor who did not want to be identified, we are

not identifying this neighborhood because we don't want to make it a potential target for crime. the growers say they try to keep the operation under wraps. . the you are flying american airlines today, you may want to check the status of your flight before heading to the airport. the airline is once again, cancelling dozens of flights to fix seats coming loose in the air. 44 flyings are being canceled. 50 canceled yesterday. all planes should be back in service tomorrow. right now, two american flights out of sfo, were canceled early this morning. sal, do you have problems at the toll plaza. >> we have slow traffic there because of an earlier problem on the bridge, didn't turn out to be a lot. the traffic is backed up beyond the mc arture arthur maize.

20-30 minutes waiting in line. if you are on the freeway on 880 northbound, passing the colosseum, that traffic is going to be slow passing the colosseum. heading south the other way, has improved. if you are looking at the drive to hayward, union city and freemont. slow traffic in hayward, san mateo, not that bad. across the peninsula, southbound, 280, an accident in san bruno. let's go to steve. happy friday morning. for some it's sunny. others, partly cloudy. most low clouds are disappearing from the marine coast to the marina, parts of the city. our system set the stage already spinning in the higher clouds, going to give us a cooler pattern for the entire state not just for us. 40s, 50s, or 60s, everybody is close. the breeze tailed offment it will pick up later.

couple of things going on, a big dome of high pressure, billing north in to the gulf of alaska. coming around, there, this low is going to me and der towards us, but slowly. in the picture for the weekend. not much in the way of fog but giving us partly cloudy skies, partly sunny skys and maybe late sunday in to monday, keep an eye on shower activity, san tra cruz, san jose south. it will be with us for the weekend. temperatures in the 60s and 70s. our cooling trends now, full swing, low and high clouds, some sun, 60s and 70s, breezy to windy at times. temperatures way away from any marine influence, back in to the 70s. upper 60s, low 70s. not much of a difference between bay and inland temperatures as they come down, they came down around the bay. 72 freemont. 68 santa cruz. with sun on the coast, nice in the sun but a well breeze. 60s and 70s on the peninsula.

palo alto in the 70s. cooler as we head in to saturday. we will keep an eye on the sky for sunday. it will give us patly to mostly cloudy skies. lite showers, the first of the season. >> thank you, steve. new movie about osama bin laden is raising eyebrows but not because of its content, because of the timing of its release. this. you're so sweet. you got this, right? i do got this. let us get everything off the shelf, and to your home.

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i do got this. let us get everything off the shelf, and to your home. the labor department's jobs report came out a few hours ago, this could be good news for president obama. this report says the u.s. unemployment rate fell to 7- point 8% last month. the first time in almost 4 yearses the unemployment rate has fallen below 8%. gasoline prices, are shooting up. they may not come down any time soon, especially in california. the experts say the chevron refinery fire had a power failure at a refinery and reduced the supply causing the

gas to jump $0.36 in a week. san francisco's bracing for huge crowds this weekend. more than a million people expected to fill up the streets for a lot of events. tara moriarty is in san francisco now with more on how the city is getting ready for those big crowds. good mornings. >> reporter: good morning, a lot of excitement, we noticed tourists and residents like stoping to gawk at this catamaran. we are here at the official store, pier 39 along the embarcadero, one northbound lane over the weekend will be shutdown, used a as bicycle lane and also to allow access for emergency vehicles to the hub of the activity. today is also the quarter finals for america's cup with races scheduled this weekend. estimated to draw 40,000 people to the bay. crews are working away on a new cruise terminal. it will includes 2.5 acres of

open space, spectators can watch the race. the big america's cup is next year, more than 3 million people are expected to attend, but this weekend the city is doing a dry run of sorts and almost every police officer, will be out on the streets for crowd control. the blue angels will fly overhead. the navy pie will thes practicing -- pilots will be practicing today. shows saturday and sunday. the ships tomorrow. here is a look at the other big events , the giants taking on the reds in the national league playoff saturday and sunday. blue grass festival in golden gate park, niners playing the bills sunday and italian heritage is happening in north beach sunday. we have two mega cruise ships docking here at the port of san francisco and that means additional 7000 people, parking will be limited. take mass transit.

live from san francisco, i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. ktvu.com, we have summaries telling you about the big events go. to ktvu.com, look at the front page and look for the section called today's hot topics. a film that depicts the osama bin laden man hunt is set to debut two days before the november election. navy seals shot and killed him during a raid at his compound in may, 2011. the new film which will air on the national geographic channel is distributed by the wine steen company. harvey is a fundraiser for the obama campaign. national geographic says the timing is not meant to be political. turkey is demanding an emergency nay to meeting after syria bombed a turkish border town and five civilians and three children were killed. syria says that was tragic

accident but the u.n. condemned the attack by calling it a violation of international law. turkey retaliated by shelling posts. the prime minister doesn't want to go to war. the district attorney of queens new york wants know why a police officer shot unarmed driver who was a national guardsman. he cut off two police vehicles on the grand central parkway yesterday. police pulled them over, told him to put his hands up and shot him. they claim he was reaching under he is seat. his passenger says his hands were on the steering wheel. federal investigators are investigating whether two border patrol agents may have been shot in a friendly fire incident. the shootings happened on tuesday morning near the u.s.- mexico border in arizona. u.s. officials thought the shootings were carried out by armed criminals but now

investigators say they can't rule out whether shots were fired in the friendly fire incident. one died, the second one was wounded. ten minutes before 9:00. season fran has a catholic archbishop. the thousand worshipers filled st. mary's yesterday. some consider him a controversial figure because of his support for california's same-sex marriage ban. despite that parishioners think he will reach out to liberal members of the church. >> i'm certain he will do so. that's one of the top things on his list. >> stop teaching hate. stop teaching hate. >> outside the church, a dozen gay rights advocates protested his installation. an equal number of supporters gathered outside the cathedral and sang songs. this has been a stew much stew much white house --

tumultuous week. one year ago today steve jobs died. apple put up this special montage on the website. see steve jobs through his life followed by a statement made by the ceo, tim cook, paying transcribe to him. the city of -- tribute to him. the city will honor steve jobs, they are flying the city flag at half staff today. it is 8:52, the highest achievement for a boy scout. one teen says he is denied the chance to become an eagle scout. >> as we look outside, look at traffic. sal will check the commute at the bay bridge. we'll be right back.

teenager says his dream of becoming an eagle scout is denied because he is gay. he joined the scouts when he was six and worked towards the scouting honor sinces his final project was guiding students at the school and building this tolerance wall, a visible reminder against bullying. his scout master refused to sign off on the project, the community is talking about the

controversy. >> it's hard. i can't say it's a right or wrong. it's a matter of perspective. >> i hope the community is better than that and the eagle scouts are better than that. >> ryan's mother started a petition on change.org to get the boy scouts to change their policies. so far, more than 100,000 supporters have signed. it was a happy reunion for a ten year old girl, who her little dog. >> it's unbelievable. >> meco was stolen during a burglary four days ago and found in a target parking lot, 80-mile from his home. the mother and her two chirp thought the puppy was a stray and took it home. after sees news reports they realized it was stolen. the mother returned the puppy and received a $6000 reward. >> rally will be held at noon, at at&t park, ahead of the national league division series rs which starts tomorrow. the hotels booked up in san francisco, with all of the

events happening this weekend, we have been telling you including pay off games between the giants and reds. businesses are getting ready for clouds since the a. s will play the tigers in detroit. people will be go to restaurants, to watch the game. the first pump for the giants tomorrow, 6:30, the a's play at 3:00 tomorrow. >> it's going to be very crowded on the roads. let's check in with sal for an update on the commute now. >> i want to show you something, san francisco fire boat on the bay, doing dry run for some of the activities in the bay. what the coast guard and kayakers wanted to show you the picture near alcatraz. toll plaza, now is still backed up, we are seeing signs of improvement as you come up to the pay gates. we had slow traffic here, getting slower in palo alto. not bad in to san jose. let's go to steve. >> partly sunny, partly cloudy.

the fog which burned off, there is a ban coming on and heading towards the city. a mix of sun and clouds, a cool weekend, day is not bad. evenings on the cool side. take a jacket.